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07-16-2021, 11:23 PM | #81 | |
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This project is doomed for early basic parts failure. If he gets everything sorted out, what he will end up with will develop in excess of 350 hp and be as docile as any parade car ever built. Remember, we drove 300 hp flatheads back and forth to work every day and raced them on weekends in the early 50's. They were not docile though and we had 104 octane street gas that only cost 30 cents a gallon. |
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07-17-2021, 01:14 AM | #82 |
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Pretty nifty flattyefi.
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07-17-2021, 02:12 AM | #84 |
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Not my bag. But nice work. Lets talk in 5 years.
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07-17-2021, 06:08 AM | #85 |
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There are some wild exaggerations posted here so I will caution readers to take it "with a grain of salt", as the old saying goes.
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07-17-2021, 09:01 AM | #86 |
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07-17-2021, 09:41 AM | #87 |
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07-17-2021, 11:42 AM | #88 | |
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flattyefi, thanks for taking the time to stop back and give us some details of your engine and car. That is some pretty unique add-ons you have on the little flatty, I'm sure you have spent a lot of time to engineer that setup. Also, I like the Darth Vader look on your chopped 3 window, Nice. Maybe someone will stop by and enlarge the picture of your car. Don't be a stranger here, Hope you stick around. .
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07-17-2021, 12:37 PM | #89 |
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That's easy! IF that car had a hood on it, it sure would be a L O N G one! DD |
07-18-2021, 01:51 PM | #90 | ||
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Some time ago I received a call from a colleague, who asked if I would be the referee on the grading of an examination question. He was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physics question, while the student claimed he should receive a perfect score and would if the system were not set up against the student. The instructor and the student agreed to an impartial arbiter, and I was selected. I went to my colleague's office and read the examination question: "Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer." The student had answered: "Take the barometer to the top of the building, attach a long rope to it, lower it to the street, and then bring it up, measuring the length of the rope. The length of the rope is the height of the building." I pointed out that the student really had a strong case for full credit since he had really answered the question completely and correctly. On the other hand, if full credit were given, it could well contribute to a high grade in his physics course. A high grade is supposed to certify competence in physics, but the answer did not confirm this. I suggested that the student have another try at answering the question. I was not surprised that my colleague agreed, but I was surprised when the student did. I gave the student six minutes to answer the question with the warning that the answer should show some knowledge of physics. At the end of five minutes, he had not written anything. I asked if he wished to give up, but he said no. He had many answers to this problem; he was just thinking of the best one. I excused myself for interrupting him and asked him to please go on. In the next minute, he dashed off his answer which read: "Take the barometer to the top of the building and lean over the edge of the roof. Drop the barometer, timing its fall with a stopwatch. Then, using the formula x=0.5*a*t**2, calculate the height of the building." At this point, I asked my colleague if he would give up. He conceded, and gave the student almost full credit. In leaving my colleague's office, I recalled that the student had said that he had other answers to the problem, so I asked him what they were. "Well," said the student. "there are many ways of getting the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer. For example, you could take the barometer out on a sunny day and measure the height of the barometer, the length of its shadow, and the length of the shadow of the building, and by the use of simple proportion, determine the height of the building." "Fine," I said, "and others?" "Yes," said the student." There is a very basic measurement method you will like. In this method, you take the barometer and begin to walk up the stairs. As you climb the stairs, you mark off the length of the barometer along the wall. You then count the number of marks, and this will give you the height of the building in barometer units. "A very direct method." "Of course. If you want a more sophisticated method, you can tie the barometer to the end of a string, swing it as a pendulum, and determine the value of g at the street level and at the top of the building. From the difference between the two values of g, the height of the building, in principle, can be calculated." "On this same tack, you could take the barometer to the top of the building, attach a long rope to it, lower it to just above the street, and then swing it as a pendulum. You could then calculate the height of the building by the period of the precession". "Finally," he concluded, "there are many other ways of solving the problem. Probably the best," he said, "is to take the barometer to the basement and knock on the superintendent's door. When the superintendent answers, you speak to him as follows: 'Mr. Superintendent, here is a fine barometer. If you will tell me the height of the building, I will give you this barometer.'" At this point, I asked the student if he really did not know the conventional answer to this question. He admitted that he did, but said that he was fed up with high school and college instructors trying to teach him how to think. He also said he was fed up with his friends telling him he couldn't do something he already did and he was thinking about changing school's. |
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07-18-2021, 02:52 PM | #91 |
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Good one Pete, and so true! Are you sure you weren't the student? Many of your answers on this forum would suggest so lol.
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07-18-2021, 03:07 PM | #92 |
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07-29-2021, 05:33 AM | #93 |
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I’m guessing this is the same vid, but why would they repost it just a few days ago? Also, I thought there would more Hp as well with that many cubes.
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07-29-2021, 07:07 AM | #94 | |
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All in all, it would be a good street engine - would still be fun in a light roadster. |
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